Usage of "point blank"

Characterized by directness in manner or speech; without subtlety or evasion.

[Shooting a firearm] At a very close distance to the target.

Uso de point blank em inglês

Malala was shot three times at point blank range two years ago. 
 BBC 

Eleanor had refused point blank, and forbidden anyone else to go there. 
 The clouds beneath the sun 

Two point blank range shots shattered the three components of his genitals. 
 Terminal Compromise 

But he refused point blank to have anything to do with it. 
 Jess of the Rebel Trail 

There were certain things which I intended to ask him point blank. 
 The Lost Ambassador; Or, The Search For The Missing Delora 

She became silent after she had refused point blank to discuss him. 
 The Point of View 

I wrote a relative and demanded, point blank, shamelessly, two thousand dollars. 
 Read-Aloud Plays 

Then- Irefusedhim, point blank, giving a reason he could not question. 
 The Rosary 

Moments after she arrives, he shoots her point blank in the face. 
 Reuters 

He fires three bullets into the creature's head at point blank range. 
 The Cannibals of Candyland 

A 9mm point blank to the skull would do the job, though. 
 Midnight hero 

Then, raced forward and shot them again at point blank range. 
 Cauldron of Ghosts 

She point blank refuses to be a passive and discarded woman. 
 The Guardian 

Every man of them was firing point blank at the muleteers. 
 Blood Meridian 

The range was point blank and there was absolutely no protection. 
 A Journey Through France in War Time 

Miss Bishop however had no scruples, and put it to him point blank. 
 The Divine Fire 

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Significados de point blank em inglês